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21 " You and I are birds that don't fly together. "
― A.J. Cronin , Hatter's Castle
22 " A wise man enjoys in what little he has,while a fool asks for more "
― A.J. Cronin
23 " ...mercy and tolerance-with these two virtues,how wonderful Your land would have been! "
― A.J. Cronin , The Keys of the Kingdom
24 " Todos conocemos el poder de la prensa... para bien o para mal. Es incalculable. Puede hacer o destruir a un individuo, crear o derrocar un gobierno: hasta podría, Dios nos libre de ello, provocar una guerra. La desgracia de nuestro país, actualmente, es la aplicación de ese poder, sin limitación ni responsabilidad, a fines indignos por ciertos periódicos de enorme circulación nacional y ello puede ser la ruina de Inglaterra. "
― A.J. Cronin , The Northern Light
25 " You'll never make a leopard change his freckles. "
― A.J. Cronin , Three Loves
26 " ...the poor is the one who can never look forward. "
27 " Don't overwork yourself,doctor. Sometimes a man must pay a tribute even to his senses "
28 " God has given me the tongue,senor. Are you forbidding me to use it? "
29 " There are many religions, reason is one, we are all brothers "
30 " An adder, which feeds within the chests, shall one day bite those chests. "
31 " ...don't forget that a chicken cannot teach the hen. "
32 " A man must think about battles, which he conquers alone, as well as the invisible victories. Instead, he thinks only about visible defeats. "
33 " -Well,if nothing else, no news are good news. Only when...-...something would happen "
34 " He wouldn't sell a sparrow from his arm,if his pigeon isn't safe "
35 " Hugo Usher seemed lacking in inspiration of creative force, unprepared to make the sacrifice of blood and tears demanded by research, an opportunist who had achieved his position through a facility for tabulating statistics, but more especially through push, well-timed publicity, and a remarkable capacity for picking other people’s brains. "
― A.J. Cronin , Shannon's Way
36 " The Colosseum is quite a spectacle. But only by moonlight, and for half an hour. Who wants to look at a blasted ruin all the time? "
37 " He who doesn't look forward, falls behind. "
― A.J. Cronin , Grand Canary
38 " Gentlemen act how they should, the rest have to. "
39 " tomato-coloured macaroni, a chicken pie, a galantine of tongue, olives, "
― A.J. Cronin , The Green Years
40 " With his bragging is just like with the meat of salmon: if you eat him by a bit - it pleases; but, if it's served you constantly, then it, really, get's you tired of it. "